Keeping hand on the global business pulse

Global economy

By: Grant Thornton

26 Jan 20221 min read

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Grant Thornton monitors regularly the global economy. A comprehensive analysis of business forecasts for 2022 in 29 countries was recently completed. You can read about the increase in turnover, how the pandemic will affect exports and what the struggle for talent will look like in the Global Business Pulse analysis.

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